Damnation Festival 2010
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Damnation Festival will offer three bands the chance to win slots on this year's line-up, opening the Rock Sound, Terrorizer and Jagermeister stages in Leeds this November.
And if sharing a line-up with The Dillinger Escape Plan, Paradise Lost, Anaal Nathrakh and Lawnmower Deth isn't enough, one of the three winning acts will also bag free studio time with legendary producer Russ Russell at Parlour Studios.
Damnation organisers, the stage sponsors and most importantly, the fans will decide on a shortlist of five bands for each stage before it goes to vote decided entirely by the fans signed up to the Damnation forums and social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter.
Festival director Gavin McInally said: "Dawn of Chaos, Speedtheory, Forever Never, Latitudes, Rinoa, Dead Beyond Buried... Since 2005 we've always done everything we can to balance a line-up which will attract crowds while giving rising UK bands a stage worthy of their talents.
"And down the years, some of the opening performances have been the highlights with acts like Evile, Malefice and Man Must Die having played prestigious festivals across the globe since.
"So it's with great pleasure and expectancy we throw open our three stages to three bands who impress our fans the most."
Gavin added: "The fact that Russ Russell has agreed to offer studio time and, more importantly, his own time and expertise to work with one of the winning bands is very fitting considering he has worked with Damnation veterans including Napalm Death, The Berzerker, Sikth, Lock-Up and Evile over the years.
"It's refreshing to see someone with such a high-profile in the music business willing to give up his time to work with up-and-coming musicians."
The first stage under the spotlight is the Rock Sound Stage, so if post-rock, post-metal, doom, sludge or any form of experimental noise is what you're after at this year's Damnation Festival, get shouting recommendations and submitting your bands on the forums, Facebook, Myspace and Twitter sites.
The shortlisted bands will be announced on the Damnation Festival website a week today; Tuesday, August 24, with links for fans to listen to before casting their final vote.
The winner will be announced the following Tuesday , August 31, to coincide with the start of the Terrorizer Stage vote.
**Votes on the Damnation Festival forums will only be valid from users registered before Tuesday, August 31.
Facebook and Twitter accounts will be checked for authenticity to prevent single users creating multiple accounts to vote.
Announced so far: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Paradise Lost, Earthtone9, Anaal Nathrakh, Lawnmower Deth, Rolo Tomassi, Alcest, The Ocean, SSS, Hecate Enthroned, Fen, Maybeshewill, October File and Fukpig.
Tickets are priced £27 and are available from See Tickets: www.seetickets.com, Ticketline: www.ticketline.co.uk and Leeds Tickets: www.leedstickets.com
For more information visit the official Damnation Festival sites:
Web - http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk
Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/damnationfestival
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/damnationfestival
Twitter - http://twitter.com/damnationfest
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Suggest Groan if you want us? Here... There? Facebook? Whatever. Hopefully somebody will take notice.
After scores of submissions, pages of fans' feedback and hours of trawling Myspace pages, the final six bands looking for YOUR vote to play the Rock Sound Stage at Damnation Festival are:
Talons - www.myspace.com/gotalons
"Forging the explosive energy of hardcore, the subtleties of post-rock and the fractured song structures and complexities associated with math-rock, Talons possess a fascinating sense of urgency and drive, with a sound that both soothes and savages in equal measure."
No Made Sense - www.myspace.com/nomadesense
"Wonderfully ambitious, progressive metal...the Reading trio have created a truly thunderous testament for the Gods of metal...Glorious!"
A Forest of Stars - http://www.myspace.com/aforestofstars
"Sounds that are as unsettling not only in their tonality, but their instrumentation as well, with micro-tonal keyboard sweeps and violin slides that blow away traditional Western approaches to melody and harmony, and leave the listener awash in a wave of paranoia and claustrophia"
Year of the Flood - www.myspace.com/yearoftheflood
"Epic D-Beat/Hardcore based loosely on the books of Margaret Atwood and Aldous Huxley.
Spreading the word that the human race is bringing our downfall with its arrogance.... the waterless flood is coming"
The Construct - www.myspace.com/theconstruct_band
"Epic down-tempo, progressive metal from Manchester for fans of Neurosis, Isis and Cult of Luna..."
Wiht - www.myspace.com/wihtleeds
"Bleary eyed grooves and bludgeoning pessimistic peaks combined with the ever present quest for the holy riff culminates in a tasty yet filthy pie of its own pedigree."
Please give all the band a listen on the newly launched Damnation Festival website (http://www.damnationfestival.co.uk/vote) before submitting your vote as you'll only get one!
Voting will close at midnight, a week today, August 31, before a winner is announced.
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Round II: The Terrorizer Stage
After a jaw-dropping 4,000+ votes for the Rock Sound Stage competition which saw a two horse race between No Made Sense and eventual winners The Construct, we now have five more bands of the extreme variety vying for a slot of the Terrorizer Stage to join the likes of Anaal Nathrakh, Hecate Enthroned, SSS and Fukpig.
The five finalists are:
Colonel Blast - www.myspace.com/colonelblast
"To call Colonel Blast brutal is doing them a disservice, I’m not sure there is a word that can do justice to their sound… So, let’s just say it’s heavier than a bull elephant’s nut sack the week before mating season."
Diascorium - www.myspace.com/diascorium
"....a well-stirred mix of various extreme metal tropes: death metal slamming, black metal shimmering bleakness, doomy breakdowns and grindcore-type inventiveness..."
Ishmael - www.myspace.com/666ishmael
"The finest Devon doom, blended with sludge and bound with ale - equal parts despair, disillusionment and all-out hatred, steeped in alcohol and thrown to the baying crowd."
The Afternoon Gentlemen - www.myspace.com/theafternoongentlemen
"Pure insane thrashcore from the UK. Picture Spazz and Hellnation for starters and throw in an extra heap of negativity and rage."
The Atrocity Exhibit - www.myspace.com/theatrocityexhibit
"Welding monolithic chunks of the most sludge like doom to intense grindcore barrages in a successful stylistic blend. "
Please give all the band a listen on the newly launched Damnation Festival website at www.damnationfestival.co.uk/vote before submitting your vote!
Voting will close at midnight, a week today, Sept 8th, before a winner is announced.
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must admit after the list of bands that put their names forward these are probably the weaker of the list! there were some really cool bands that applied
also this is the first time i have seen thrashcore used recently and i hope its the last time i ever see that term! i know it was used years ago for bands like d.r.i and cross over shit and that makes sense but not in this modern way. eugh
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There's no such fucking thing as thrashcore, anyone who uses that term seriously will get my boot up their ass and my fist in their fucking face
